Thermal Physiology and Regional Heterothermia

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The hypothalamus acts as a thermostat. When you're asleep, your temperature drops to its lowest point a few hours before you wake up which kind of keeps you comfortably snoozing. A lot of people had questions about extremities in parts of the body like Jocelyn Vincent, Marisa Brewer, Marico Shin, Miig Meghan Yount and Heather Hutchinson.

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